Cooking Mexican food in an authentic way can seem like a daunting task, but like everything else in life, some guidance and a bit of practice is all you need. I’ll take care of the guidance part, and I will leave it to you to take care of the rest! Mexican food has an insane variety, and the taste easily covers a wide spectrum of flavours.
Most American cooks can cook great Mexican food, but are sometimes a little off the mark from authentic Mexican flavour. The primary objective of this book is to enable an average non-Mexican cook to cook authentic Mexican food using the tools and ingredients easily available in any corner of the world.
In this section, we will look at some of the ingredients, equipment, and techniques you will need to know about before you can achieve great results with Mexican cooking. Keep at it, and you’ll be preparing fullcourse Mexican dinners in no time!
In order to achieve close to authentic Mexican flavour, you will need to have full understanding of the ingredients that make food taste Mexican. In this section we will talk about a few of the Mexican staples that you will absolutely need to include in your kitchen pantry, if you’re serious about Mexican cooking.